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    MOTO GUZZI FALCONE SPORT

    Oct 23, 2020 6 minutes
    Story and photos by Phillip Tooth

    Sometimes when you ride a motorcycle for the first time, you feel underwhelmed by the indifferent engine performance, so-so handling, ordinary brakes and flat-as-a-fart exhaust. But sometimes it feels just right. The 1957 Falcone Sport is one of those motorcycles.

    It might not be as fast as a BSA Gold Star or handle as sweetly as a Featherbed Norton, but when it comes to travelling in style this Moto Guzzi is in a class of its own.

    The flaming scarlet and flashing chrome Falcone Sport must have been designed to fly over long, gently winding roads with the needle hovering above the 70mph mark. At that speed the 500cc flat-single is uncannily smooth, with engine and chassis in perfect harmony. This is a motorcycle that feels like it will keep on going forever. Bearing in mind that the first Guzzi flat-single went on sale back in 1921, and that you could still buy a new Falcone with the trademark outside flywheel as late

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